The Sounds of Starbucks

Soundcheck | May 3, 2010
What is the sound of Starbucks? Today, a look at how Starbucks is cornering the market on mature, sultry-jazz pop with Mark Rahner, a reporter at the Seattle Times. Also: Baaba Maal shares his unique blend of Senegalese pop, traditional West African song, reggae and dance music. And: the Boston folk-rock duo The Weepies play live. They weren't shedding any tears after their last album peaked at number one on the iTunes folk chart. This is a repeat broadcast.

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